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Kevin Fischer is a veteran broadcaster, the recipient of over 150 major journalism awards from the Milwaukee Press Club, the Wisconsin Associated Press, the Northwest Broadcast News Association, the Wisconsin Bar Association, and others. He has been seen and heard on Milwaukee TV and radio stations for over three decades. A longtime aide to state Senate Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature, Kevin can be seen offering his views on the news on the public affairs program, "InterCHANGE," on Milwaukee Public Television Channel 10, and heard filling in on Newstalk 1130 WISN. He lives with his wife, Jennifer, and their lovely baby daughter, Kyla Audrey, in Franklin.

'Why are we discussing racism?"


Star Parker asks that question in her latest column. Here are some excerpts:

“According to Gallup polling of last week, the issues most on the minds of Americans are the economy and jobs followed by dissatisfaction with all aspects of government. I didn’t notice racism on the list anywhere.”

“In January of this year, well into our recession, and well into the emergence of the Tea Party movement, the Pew Research Center surveyed black attitudes. In answer to the question, ‘When blacks don’t make progress, who or what is to blame?’, 52% of blacks responded that ‘blacks’ themselves are ‘mostly responsible’, and 34% said ‘racism.’ This is the reverse of how blacks responded to this question just 15 years ago, when 56% said that racism was the impediment to black progress.”

Talk about racism may help employment for those in the race business.  But it has little relevance to getting the American economy working again.”

A must read.

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